Like artifact numbers 111 and 112, the handle of this ladle (or cup, the differences aren’t well defined in the literature), is an effigy, or representational image, of a Koyemsi (Mudhead), a multi-faceted or multi-purpose sacred clown introduced from Zuni. The interior decoration also shows Zuni influence in the cloud-like motifs and what appears to be an adaptation of the Zuni netsikâ (a crook, or drumstick, used in ceremonies and seen here as four crooks connected to each other) motif.

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Like artifact numbers 111 and 112, the handle of this ladle (or cup, the differences aren’t well defined in the literature), is an effigy, or representational image, of a Koyemsi (Mudhead), a multi-faceted or multi-purpose sacred clown introduced from Zuni. The interior decoration also shows Zuni influence in the cloud-like motifs and what appears to be an adaptation of the Zuni netsikâ (a crook, or drumstick, used in ceremonies and seen here as four crooks connected to each other) motif.